ngc'-isliua — iii'lka. 243 



n i k u n k a to beckon with one's arm, hand: ii. nc'p to make signs ivith the hand. 

 n i k 1 k a , w<ik\x-A, d. ninakl;^a to work hij hand, to do hand work, as field 



work, chopping wood etc. Mod. Dur. iiika. 

 n i k u 4 1 k a , ui'kiial;ija, d. nlnakualxa to extend one arm or hand: iiinakudlxan 

 tk6tka to stand tvifh loth arms extended; i)'liiitala n. to come doivn right side 

 ■up tvhen falling; said of beavers teeth, 80, 2. 

 11 1' 1, ni'], ne'l (d. lu'uTl), pi. tiimi n. (1) short hair on animal body; fur, 

 wool, bristle; doivn, smaller feathers of birds; hair of tail etc.; hair on a 

 person's ai-uis, chest, back : shi'p tunia n. gftko a sheep having much wool; 

 n. wiksa the down of the mallard, 144, 1. 2. (2) hide or skin ivith the 

 animal hair on; fur, peltry, whether dressed or not: piimam, k61tam, 

 nkolam n. beaver-, otter-, rabbit-skin; tidsa ne'l gftko wdsh the prairie-wolf 

 has a delicate fur, 144, 10 Der. newal. Cf lak, miikash, nelina, smo'k. 

 nilakla, d. ninilakla to apptear first, said of daylight; nilaklola nalsh, 

 nilakloltamna na'lsh the dayUgU dawns over us. Met. for nilkala. Der. 

 nilka. 

 N i 1 a k s h i , apoc. Nilaksh, Ni'laks, nom. pr. of Nilaks or ''Daylight" Mount- 

 ain, a steep hill-ridge two miles south of Modoc Point, bordering on the 

 middle part of Upper Klamath Lake, 75, 20. Pronounced Nailix by the 

 white settlers. Der. nilka. 

 Nilakskni, adj. and subst., coming from, native of Nilakshi; settled at 

 Nilaks-Mountain. N. maklaks are the portion of the Klamath Lake 

 Lidians once settled at the western base of Nilaks Mountain, 17, 3. 

 ni'laltko, d. ninilaltko covered ivith hair, fur, pelt, down, feathers; same 

 as ni'l gftko, c£ nl'l. When used of persons it is identical with popam- 

 kish and means "hairy all over the body". Der. ni'lala. 

 uilf wa, d. nin'liwa to blaze up, to burst into a light; said of tire blazing up 

 by itself, or when excited by the wind: kaila n. the ground teas on fire, 

 174; 9. Cf hutka, nelka, nl'lka, ni'ita, shnilfwa, tgepalia'ga. 

 Hi'Ika, nflka, ne'lka, d ninflka, nene'lka (1) v. impers., it is dawning; 

 daylight appears: tsui ne'lka; tsui sa gu'lki at the first dawn they attacked, 

 17, 2 ; nflaksht at dawn of day, 144, 3. (2) subst., dmvn, daylight, begin- 

 ning of day. (3) v. iutr., to expect the dawn of day in camp or elsewhere; 

 to be somewhere at daylight, 31, 5. Cf pa'kto-i. 



